Description
The System.setClipboard method in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to populate the clipboard with a URL that is difficult to delete and does not require user interaction to populate the clipboard, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | flash-plugin | 10.0.12.36-2.el5 | RHSA-2008:0945 |
| RHEL 4 | flash-plugin | 9.0.151.0-1.el4 | RHSA-2008:0980 |
| RHEL 3 | flash-plugin | 9.0.151.0-1.el3.with.oss | RHSA-2008:0980 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2008:0980 Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2008:0945 Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=834256&poid=
- 33390 third-party-advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-18.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm
- 32702 third-party-advisory
- adobe-flash-setclipboard-hijacking(44584) vdb-entry
- http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes.html
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.html
- 34226 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-2838 vdb-entry
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733
- GLSA-200903-23 vendor-advisory
- 1020724 vdb-entry
- 32759 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0945 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0980 vendor-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm
- 31117 vdb-entry
- 248586 vendor-advisory
- 32448 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:025 vendor-advisory
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1759